The hotly anticipated Game Awards 2018 has occurred in Los Angeles on December 6, 2018, around evening time and we should say, the event was stupendous.
Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards are presently in their fifth year, and in that time they’ve turned out to be immovably tucked away as the most astounding profile of a wide spate of honor appears in the business, known as much for their judgment on the best games of the year as they are for an ordinarily great suite of announcements and trailers. The event happened live digitally and was available to stream online anywhere in the world. In its time it’s turned into the most-foreseen awards show in the business and a standout amongst the most authoritative.
It is an opportunity to praise a portion of the specific best games launched for this present year, yet that is not really why such a large number of people tune in to the show. Rather, a great part of the intrigue is the downpour of news that is pressed all through the show. Furthermore, we saw some mind-boggling trailers of new games, and other energizing announcements, including the presentation of Epic’s foreseen PC games store. You can stay aware of all the greatest news right here right now.
Here is everything you need to know about Game Awards 2018 – complete winners and nominees list, highlights and interesting news.
Game Awards 2018 Highlights
The Game Awards gave out around 20 awards this year. The games that were nominated the most included AAA hits like God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2, and additionally independent games like Celeste and Return of the Obra Dinn. The Game Awards likewise honored esports, offering awards to the greatest game, team, and best player over an assortment of games.
Watch #TheGameAwards live on Twitter for video game’s biggest night of awards, world premieres, and more surprises. https://t.co/PSrIOKpA8N
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 6, 2018
When “Red Dead Redemption 2” had an early effect on The Game Award’s fifth yearly occasion in Los Angeles, “God of War” won the most.
The blockbuster Western open-world epic from Rockstar Games won the very first award for best narrative displayed amid the event which commenced at 9 p.m. ET.
Then, Roger Clark, who voiced the featuring character in the game, Arthur Morgan, won the best performance award. The game likewise won for the award for best music/score, and best audio design as well.
On-screen character and executive Jonah Hill (“Mid90s”) introduced the Industry Icon award to Greg Thomas, leader of Visual Concepts, which makes the NBA 2K games. He showed his gratitude and said,
“This has never been about making a name for myself, it’s always been about making great games.”
In any case, “God of War” won the best game direction along with best action adventure game. However, then won the greatest award of the night, Game of the Year leaving Red Redemption 2 and all other contenders behind.
God of War Wins Game of the Year at #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/SJukxm3EDe
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 7, 2018
Obviously, it wasn’t just about the awards. The occasion likewise sparkled a focus on up and coming games being developed, including epic Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3,” which will make a big appearance solely on the Nintendo Switch video game console, another passage for the great classic fighting series “Mortal Kombat,” and the action game “Far Cry: New Dawn.”
The greatest game on earth at the present time, “Fortnite,” additionally showed up. Off the foot sole areas of propelling Season 7 and its Creative mode, Epic Games reported The Block, another space accessible in the game where players can see the best creations amassed in Creative mode.
“Fortnite” additionally indented two awards including Best Multiplayer Game along with Best Online Game award. In the interim, top “Fortnite” player Ninja won Content Creator of the Year award.
Tim Cain, one of the first “Fallout” architects and Leonard Boyarsky (“Fallout,” “Diablo”) of Obsidian Entertainment, which created “Fallout: New Vegas” premiered a “The Outer Worlds,” which will be a single-player roleplaying game, expected to be coming in 2019.
BioWare GM Casey Hudson also debuted another trailer for its game “Anthem,” which will be out in February, in which players are an armored hero in a fantasy setting. BioWare additionally prodded another Dragon Age game, The Dread Wolf Rises. Executive maker Mark Darrah then posted a note on BioWare’s blog that reads,
“While we won’t be sharing any details for now, I can tell you we have been building a new team around a core of ‘Dragon Age’ veterans, people I’ve worked with on ‘Dragon Age,’ ‘Jade Empire,’ and some of whom I’ve worked with since the ‘Baldur’s Gate’ days.”
At the start of the show, host and show maker Geoff Keighley kicked it off with The Game Awards orchestra. This amazing orchestra was directed by the Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s composter Lorne Balfe.
The Game Awards Orchestra Performs Music from Super Smash Bros. at #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/ll7J09nqka
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 7, 2018
Watch the brilliant orchestra performance here:
Game Awards 2018 Complete Winners and Nominees List
Here is the complete list of all the winners and nominees of Game Awards 2018 with winners highlighted in bold.
GAME OF THE YEAR
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
BEST ONGOING GAME
- Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
- Winner: Fortnite (Epic Games)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
BEST GAME DIRECTION
- A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
- Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
BEST NARRATIVE
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
BEST ART DIRECTION
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
- Winner: Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)
BEST SCORE/MUSIC
- Celeste (Lena Raine)
- God of War (Bear McCreary)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
- Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Joe Hisaishi)
- Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
- Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
BEST PERFORMANCE
- Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
- Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
- Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Winner: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2
- Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man
GAMES FOR IMPACT
- 11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Winner: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
- Winner: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
- Into the Breach (Subset Games)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
- The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
BEST MOBILE
- Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
- Winner: Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- PUBG Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)
BEST VR/AR GAME
- Winner: Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
- Beat Saber (Beat Games)
- Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
- Moss (Polyarc Games)
- Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)
BEST ACTION GAME
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
- Winner: Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
- Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
- Mega Man 11 (Capcom)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)
BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME
- Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
- Winner: Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)
BEST FIGHTING
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
- Winner: Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Soulcalibur 6 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Street Fighter 5 Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)
BEST FAMILY GAME
- Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
- Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Winner: Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
- Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)
BEST STRATEGY GAME
- Battletech (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive)
- Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
- Winner: Into the Breach (Subset Games)
- The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)
BEST SPORTS/RACING
- FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
- Winner: Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
- NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
- Winner: Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
BEST STUDENT GAME
- Winner: Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
- Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
- JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
- LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)
- RE: Charge (MIT)
BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME
- Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Moss (Polyarc Games)
- Winner: The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
- Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)
BEST ESPORTS GAME
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Fortnite
- League of Legends
- Winner: Overwatch
BEST ESPORTS PLAYER
- Winner: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean (Echo Fox)
- Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
- Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)
- Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang (New York Excelsior)
BEST ESPORTS TEAM
- Astralis (CSGO)
- Winner: Cloud9 (LOL)
- Fnatic (LOL)
- London Spitfire (Overwatch)
- OG (Dota 2)
BEST ESPORTS COACH
- Winner: Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud9)
- Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu (OG)
- Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Astralis)
- Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
- Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi (Team Vitality)
- Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)
BEST ESPORTS EVENT
- ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
- Evo 2018
- Winner: League of Legends World Championship
- Overwatch League Grand Finals
- The International 2018
BEST ESPORTS HOST
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Anders Blume
- Winner: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Paul “RedEye” Chaloner
BEST ESPORTS MOMENT
- Winner: C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)
- KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)
- G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)
- OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)
- SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
- Dr. Lupo
- Myth
- Winner: Ninja
- Pokimane
- Willyrex
Imran Abdul Rauf is a Digital Marketing Strategist, employed at CMOLDS, and specializes in content marketing, email marketing campaigns, lead generation, and other aspects of digital marketing. A content enthusiast by the day, and hardcore gamer by night, Imran is also a regular guest contributor at some of the top tech and digital marketing platforms.
